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Focus on the Future: Sustaining Farm Legacy | Sycamore

There are significant and detailed decisions to be made when owning a farm and building a legacy.

Focus on the Future: Sustaining Farm Legacy events will feature critical and practical updates for…

State 4-H State Shoot: Small Bore .22 Pistol

Registration opens July 1!

4-H State Shoot Registration will be open July 1 – Aug. 31, 2026 thru your ZSuite account. Details for each shoot can be found here.  

The events offered at…

Nine Months, One Virus: How Infection in Pregnancy Shapes Child Development

Explore how infections such as influenza during pregnancy can shape early brain development and affect long‑term health.

A brief illness during pregnancy may have longer-term effects on development…

Minding the Gap: How AI Reveals Who Is Missing from Mental Health Care

Examine how artificial intelligence helps researchers identify overlooked communities and challenge assumptions about mental health care.

Millions of Americans living with mental health conditions…

Kankakee County 4-H Dog Show

Come join our youth and their four-legged friends as they show off everything they've learned and achieved over the past year. The dog show schedule is below. 

Kankakee County 4-H Dog Show…

Will County 4-H General Project and Cat Show

Come join us at our Will County 4-H General Project and Cat Show to check out the accomplishments of our youth's hard work from the past year as they compete for prizes and a chance to represent…

Will County 4-H Dog Show

Come join us at the Will County Dog Show to check out hard work our 4-Hers and there four-legged friends have put in this year. The schedule of events for this year's show is below.  

Will…

Heart of America Grazing Conference

Explore how regenerative grazing can grow livestock operations.

Producers can stay in the loop on what’s moving in the world of regenerative grazing by attending the 2026 Heart of America Grazing…

Superbugs Don’t Follow Orders: How Antimicrobial Resistance Spreads from Animals to Humans

Confront the rise of drug‑resistant infections by learning how antimicrobial resistance moves between animals and humans.

What happens when antibiotics stop working? Drug-resistant infections are…

Kankakee County 4-H Hoof and Rail Market Animal Show

Come check out the hard work out livestock youth put into their market animal projects during the Hoof and Rail Market Animal Show at the Kankakee County Fairgrounds.  

Kankakee County 4-H…